Distraction bookmarks for live and recorded video

• US 9,800,938 B2
• Filed: 01/07/2015
• Issued: 10/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dish Technologies LLC (Dish Network Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Echostar Technologies LLC (Echostar Corporation)
• Inventors: Keipert, Kurt
• Primary Examiner(s): Alata, Yassin
• Application Number:
  US14/591,474
• Publication Number:
  US 20160198229A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,021 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/168 Feature extraction; Face representation
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/102 Programmed access in sequence to addressed parts of tracks of operating record carriers access by moving the head G11B3/08, G11B5/54, G11B7/085, G11B21/022; by moving the record carrier G11B15/005, G11B17/005, by driving of both record carrier and head G11B15/1816
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42201 biosensors, e.g. heat sensor for presence detection, EEG sensors or any limb activity sensors worn by the user input arrangements for interaction with the human body based on nervous system activity detection G06F3/015
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42203 sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47217 for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments

Abstract

Systems and methods for tagging media content may include detecting a distraction event during presentation of a media content via a display device, creating a digital bookmark for the media content, whereby the digital bookmark corresponds to the detected distraction event, and outputting a user interface for presenting the digital bookmark through the display device.

Claims

1. A method for tagging media content, comprising:

detecting, by a television receiver, a distraction event during presentation of a media content via a display device;

creating, by the television receiver, a digital bookmark for the media content, wherein the digital bookmark corresponds to the detected distraction event;

determining a location of the distraction event in a media file of the media content wherein the location of the distraction event is based on a ratio of a current byte count to a total byte count, wherein the current byte count corresponds to a file size of a portion of the media content preceding the distraction event and the total byte count corresponds to a total file size of the media content;

determining a setback location that precedes the determined location;

determining that a commercial break from the media content overlaps with a time period between the setback location and the determined location;

determining an updated setback location in between the setback location and the determined location, wherein an updated time period between the updated setback location and the determined location does not include the commercial break;

tagging the media content with the digital bookmark at the updated setback location; and

outputting, by the television receiver, a user interface for presenting the digital bookmark via the display device.

2. The method for tagging media content of claim 1, comprising:

receiving, by the television receiver, sensed data detected by a sensor, wherein the sensed data is indicative of the distraction event.

3. The method for tagging media content of claim 2, comprising:

wherein the sensor comprises at least one of a camera and a microphone.

4. The method for tagging media content of claim 1, comprising:

receiving, by the television receiver, a sensed movement detected by the sensor;

determining, by the television receiver, the sensed movement corresponds to a user leaving an environment containing the display device; and

determining, by the television receiver, presence of the distraction event based on the sensed movement.

5. The method for tagging media content of claim 1, comprising:

receiving, by the television receiver, sensed data comprising a facial recognition imagery detected by the sensor;

determining, by the television receiver, the facial recognition imagery corresponds to a user not watching the media content being presented via the display device; and

determining, by the television receiver, presence of the distraction event based on the sensed facial recognition imagery.

6. The method for tagging media content of claim 1, comprising:

receiving, by the television receiver, sensed data comprising an ambient noise level detected by the sensor;

determining, by the television receiver, the ambient noise level exceeds a threshold noise level; and

determining, by the television receiver, presence of the distraction event based on the ambient noise level exceeding the threshold noise level.

7. The method for tagging media content of claim 1, comprising:

determining, by the television receiver, that a time duration of the distraction event meets a minimum time duration; and

in response to determining the time duration of the distraction event meets the minimum time duration, creating, by the television receiver, the digital bookmark for the media content.

8. The method for tagging media content of claim 1, comprising:

wherein the media content comprises a broadcast television program.

9. The method for tagging media content of claim 1, comprising:

automatically removing, by the television receiver, the digital bookmark from the media content upon passage of a storage period of time for the digital bookmark.

10. The method for tagging media content of claim 1, comprising:

layering, by the television receiver, the user interface as an overlay on the media content being presented via the display device.

11. The method for tagging media content of claim 1, comprising:

receiving, by the television receiver, user selection for a timeframe for automatically displaying the user interface on a display screen of the display device.

12. The method for tagging media content of claim 1, comprising:

adding, by the television receiver, the digital bookmark to a bookmarks table; and

outputting, by the television receiver, the bookmarks table via the display device for user selection of the digital bookmark.

13. The method for tagging media content of claim 1, comprising:

receiving, by the television receiver, user selection for the digital bookmark presented via the display device; and

outputting, by the television receiver, the media content from a scene of the media content corresponding to the digital bookmark.

14. The method for tagging media content of claim 1, further comprising:

outputting, by the television receiver, a user interface for presenting the digital bookmark via the display device, wherein the user interface is presented as a pop-up bookmark for a timeframe on the display device;

determining, by the television receiver, passage of the timeframe and an absence of user interaction with the user interface during the timeframe; and

in response to determining passage of the timeframe and an absence of user interaction with the user interface during the timeframe, automatically removing, by the television receiver, the pop-up bookmark from the display screen.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a series of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to tag media content by:

detecting, by a television receiver, a distraction event during presentation of a media content via a display device;

creating, by the television receiver, a digital bookmark for the media content, wherein the digital bookmark corresponds to the detected distraction event;

determining a location of the distraction event in a media file of the media content, wherein the location of the distraction event is based on a ratio of a current byte count to a total byte count, wherein the current byte count corresponds to a file size of a portion of the media content preceding the distraction event and the total byte count corresponds to a total file size of the media content;

determining a setback location that precedes the determined location;

determining that a commercial break from the media content overlaps with a time period between the setback location and the determined location;

determining an updated setback location in between the setback location and the determined location, wherein an updated time period between the updated setback location and the determined location does not include the commercial break;

tagging the media content with the digital bookmark at the updated setback location; and

outputting, by the television receiver, a user interface for presenting the digital bookmark via the display device.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions further comprise:

determining, by the television receiver, that a time duration of the distraction event meets a minimum time duration; and

in response to determining the time duration of the distraction event meets the minimum time duration, creating, by the television receiver, the digital bookmark for the media content.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions further comprise:

outputting, by the television receiver, a user interface for presenting the digital bookmark via the display device, wherein the user interface is presented as a pop-up bookmark for a timeframe on the display device;

determining, by the television receiver, passage of the timeframe and an absence of user interaction with the user interface during the timeframe; and

in response to determining passage of the timeframe and an absence of user interaction with the user interface during the timeframe, automatically removing, by the television receiver, the pop-up bookmark from the display screen.

18. A system for tagging media content, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processor to;

detect, by a television receiver, a distraction event during presentation of a media content via a display device;

create, by the television receiver, a digital bookmark for the media content, wherein the digital bookmark corresponds to the detected distraction event;

determine a location of the distraction event in a media file of the media content, wherein the location of the distraction event is based on a ratio of a current byte count to a total byte count, wherein the current byte count corresponds to a file size of a portion of the media content preceding the distraction event and the total byte count corresponds to a total file size of the media content;

determine a setback location that precedes the determined location;

determine that a commercial break from the media content overlaps with a time period between the setback location and the determined location;

determine an updated setback location in between the setback location and the determined location, wherein an updated time period between the updated setback location and the determined location does not include the commercial break;

tag the media content with the digital bookmark at the updated setback location; and

output, by the television receiver, a user interface for presenting the digital bookmark via the display device.